Ticket-case.



No. 819,574. PATENTED MAY 1, 1906.

N. W. MOORE.

TICKET CASE. APPLICATION FILED 00.126, 1905.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1, 1906.

Application filed. October 26, 1905. Serial No. 284,574.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NEWTON W. MOORE, a citizen of the United States of America,'residing at Windber, in the county of Somerset and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ticket-Cases, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in ticket-holders; and the invention has for its primary object to provide a holder for street-car tickets and such tickets that are arranged in strips where one or more of said tickets is adapted to be used upon a trip.

My improved ticket-holder is adapted to compactly house a plurality of tickets, whereby they can be conveniently carried and used.

at any desired time. I have employed novel means for supporting the tickets within the holder in order that one or more can be easily and quickly withdrawn at any desired time or new tickets placed within the holder.

The holder is particularly adapted for street-car tickets and permits of a person conveniently carrying the tickets without the same becoming soiled, torn, or injured from handling.

With the above and other objects in view, which will more readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings accompanying this application, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved holder. Fig. 2 is a similar view in an openposition. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a frame used in connection with the same. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of a roll of tickets adapted to be mounted in the frame of the holder, and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional viewof my improved ticket-holder.

To put my invention into ractice, I construct my improved ticket-ho der of a rectangular flap-oasing 1, which is preferably made of cardboard and covered with an inexpensive imitation of leather. In the casing is mounted a block of wood 2 or the like material to add rigidity to the casing, and in one end of said casing is placed a metallic yoke or 5 5 frame 3, in which is journaled a pin 4, adapted to carry a roll of tickets 5.

The casing is provided with a lid or cover 6, which is adapted to extend around the casing and have its edge 7 sealed to the bottom of said casing. The lid or cover 6, adjacent to the end of the casing opposite the yoke or frame 3, is provided with a cut-away portion 8, which permits of the tickets being easily gripped.

The strip of tickets 5, which may represent street-car tickets, is provided with perforations, whereby one ticket may be severed from the others, and these tickets are rolled upon the shaft 4 and placed within the yoke 3. The yoke is then placed within the casing and the lid or cover 6 sealed in a closed position by the company issuing the tickets contained therein. The roll of tickets can be easily renewed from time to time and the casing 1 used quite often before the same becomes worn.

It is obvious that the ticket-holder can be readily used for trading stamps or tickets used in a mercantile business and the advertisement of the company issuing the tickets can be readily placed upon the casing.

I preferably make the ticket-holder of cardboard, owing to the fact that it is inexpensive, light, and durable; but it is arbitrary as to the material from which the ticket-holder may be made.

It is thought from the foregoing that the construction, operation, and advantages of the herein-described ticket-holder will be apparent without further description, and various changes in the form, proportion, and

minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A ticket-holder consisting of a casing of rectangular form, a cover hinged at one edge to one of the longer sides of the casing and adapted to overlap the opposite edge and a portion of the back of the casing and to be secured tosaid back, a frame mounted in said casing, a roller journaled in said frame, and ada ted to receive a roll of tickets, and a bloc arranged within the casing, said casing having an opening at one end for the passage of the tickets from the roll, and said lid or casing having a cutaway portion to permit the tickets to be gripped.

2. A ticket-holder embodying a casing of rectangular form, and a flexible lid hinged at one edge to one side Wall of the casing, said lid overlapping the top, one side wall and a portion of the back of the casing, and being secured at its free edge to the back of the casin a frame arranged within the casing and a ro ler adapted to receive a roll of tickets and mounted in said frame.

3. A ticket-holder consisting of a casing of rectangular form, a cover hinged at one edge to one of the longer sides of the casing and adapted to overlap the opposite edge and a portion of the back of the casing and to be secured to said back, said cover being provided with a cutaway portion at one end, a block arranged within the casing and extending from one end thereof to near the other end thereof, a frame arranged in said casing, said frame being of substantially U-shaped form and said frame being disposed in the space between the end of said block and the end of the casing, a pin journaled in said frame and adapted to receive a roll of tickets.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

NEWTON W. MOORE.

Witnesses:

JOHN D. WRYE, Jr., FRANiL KENNEY. 

